I'd name it, "GONE" and take it to the pet store. That snake is going to live more than 20 years. Your kids will be long gone and your going to be stuck with a stinky, 4-foot snake in an enormous aquarium.﻿

+Michael Hackett actually, they like them better live. Coolest thing I ever watched was one of my college friends feed his. For reference his was named Captain because it was college and we liked rum...﻿

+Nicholas Wigant I don't doubt you, I just have my reference from a friend whose had his for almost 20 years now. Gracie likes hers already dead, but she used to eat them live when she was younger. Plus, I imagine now it's easier to buy/store them that way.﻿

+Michael Hackett I would think it easier to just go buy the cheap ones at the pet store per feeding. If I remember you don't actually need to feed them very often unless you're actively trying to make it bigger. Something I doubt Scott is going to try:)﻿

I was disappointed that the phrase "come into posession of a baby, brand new ball python snake, and..." didn't include a third noun, dashing my hopes you'd come into the possession of a baby, a python, and some other thing.

In other news, I'd probably name him Nag after the cobra in Kipling's <i>Rikki-Tikki-Tavi</i>. If it's a girl, after his mate Nagaina﻿